[TomBettle]

Here is a little project I am planning on.

Hope to run overnight (stay onboard) wrecking trips and Channel Islands trips.
I reckon with a luck of paint and a spot of caulking she will be mint.
Loads of character and will be really cosey. She even has a log burner.

Does anyone have any idea what make or model she is.

 

[jammys6]

Here is a little project I am planning on. Hope to run overnight (stay onboard) wrecking trips and Channel Islands trips. I reckon with a luck of paint and a spot of caulking she will be mint. Loads of character and will be really cosey. She even has a log burner. Does anyone have any idea what make or model she is.

I think it needs a little bit more work than a lick of paint and a spot of caulking..

Looking at thousands and thousands of pounds and years of hard graft there.

 

[TomBettle]

The woodwork didn't look too bad. May need to replace a couple if planks, but I've done a deal with Jewson in Lymington on a stack of slight seconds floor boards which should do fine.

I'll post done pics as I get on, but should be done around the end of May or early June I hope.
The engine only needs a quick rebuild as it had a bit if water in the cylinders, but I am sure it 'll be sweet as in no time.

Dies anyone know a cheap haulier? I need to try and lift her in one piece from her place on the river Crouch and get her shipped to my front garden.

 

[TomBettle]

...oh, do I need any special paint or will dulux external wood gloss be ok? I've got a stack left over from when I did a load if garden furniture a few years back.

 

[reeking haddocks]

I think it needs a little bit more work than a lick of paint and a spot of caulking..

Looking at thousands and thousands of pounds and years of hard graft there.

:doh::doh::doh::doh::doh:

:laugh:

 

[seaman staines]

Good on you for having an early bevy,sounds good:crazy:

 

[Robster22]

Oh, and don't forget the Pollyfilla........gotta have Polyfilla.......:bounce::bounce:

 

[ETEC]

Oh, and don't forget the Pollyfilla........gotta have Polyfilla.......:bounce::bounce:

Polyfilla and chicken wire used to be good for filling wheel arches!

ETEC

 

[jammys6]

I don't know if this is genuine or a joke lol

 

[TomBettle]

Oh, and don't forget the Pollyfilla........gotta have Polyfilla.......:bounce::bounce:

I am guessing that would be a cheap alternative to that sika flex stuff I saw in the chandlery. Bleeding con, cost a fortune. Polyfilla should do it?

 

[BrianR]

No need to bother with caulking, what's wrong with sellotape or chewing gum?

 

[ETEC]

I am guessing that would be a cheap alternative to that sika flex stuff I saw in the chandlery. Bleeding con, cost a fortune. Polyfilla should do it?

Mix your polyfilla with an old gloss paint when it sets no need to paint it! was great for wheel arches but used to take a while to set properly lol


ETEC

 

[garry23flyer]

how about a bit of paper mache.

that will sort it out.

if you need a hand i'll bring some matches with me to start up the bombie :roll1:

 

[TomBettle]

Will it set whilst wet Sean if I needed to launch her sooner?

And Brian, you are being bloody stupid at least everyone else is offering constructive advice!

 

[Clinker]

So what engine are you getting for it Tom?

 

[satanssledge]

Be carefull, before you go getting silly with filla, those old beauties relied upon the water to keep the planking tight, if she has been out for any amount of time you will find the planks have dried out and shrunk, what you need to do is drop her in the water for a while first as she is, the planks will expand and you will find the holes disappear ! Serious mistake jamming filler in, it will all pop out when the boards expand and you may even sink !
Be warned !

 

[taylorbay]

I have a job lot of blue tack, might take care of the leaks, oh and the make is The Ark 38', manufactured by some fella called Noah me finks.......

 

[north west piers]

It's worth more to some one for fire wood.

 

[Osprey2]

It's worth more to some one for fire wood.

Don't believe him Tom, he's after spares !!:spiteful::spiteful::spiteful:

 

[thejester]

November 5th comes to mind...:laugh: